The 28th Annual Model Train Festival

The 28th Annual Model Train Festival Friday, December 20, 2024 – Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Closed Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! The Model Train Festival brings railroad …

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2024 Creative Colloquy Crawl

Join Creative Colloquy and friends for our annual celebration of storytelling! This is a “choose your own adventure” literary journey encouraging participants to travel to a variety of gatherings presenting poetry, short stories, music and more in a walkable footprint of Tacoma. Venues include: King’s Books, Doyle’s Public Houses, The Mix, The Grand Cinema, Puget …

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Northern Sky Festival at Oyster Bay Farm

One of the region’s newest festivals, Northern Sky, has descended upon Olympia’s Oyster Bay Farm on Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7 when the grounds of the farm were transformed into a stunning backdrop for the inaugural Northern Sky at Oyster Bay.

MOSAIC: Tacoma’s Arts and Culture Festival Celebrates a Multifaceted South Sound Community

MOSAIC: Tacoma’s Arts and Culture Festival at Tacoma’s Wright Park on July 27 and 28 is a weekend of multicultural music, dance, art, crafts, and cuisine, with an evening movie in the park and a Kids Zone and sprayground. The festival will see a visit from the Mobile Teaching Kitchen, which will provide a preview of culinary courses available through Metro Parks Tacoma.

LoveOly SummerFest 2024

By John Longenbaugh This is on page 8-9 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. Ah, summer. The time of year when what you want isn’t just one good thing, but a bunch of them sort of bumping into each other in an exciting fashion. Take the words “Love,” “Oly,” “Summer” and “Festival”— four fine …

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Enjoy the Diverse Cultures of the South Sound at Tacoma Moon Festival 2024

By Molly Walsh This is on page 14-15 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. Lining the shores of Commencement Bay in Tacoma, the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park is home to the annual Tacoma Moon Festival, an event that commemorates the multicultural makeup of the South Sound and beyond. At the Tacoma Moon Festival, community …

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LoveOly SummerFest 2024

At “LoveOly SummerFest 2024” running June 21-23, there are family-friendly activities like the much-beloved Pet Parade and live performances from Oly Family Theatre. There’s an impressive line-up for the music stage featuring two days of more than a dozen local and regional bands and musicians.

Lacey Spring Fun Fair

Fun Fair is THE place to be for free fun!  Enjoy live entertainment, kids activities, rides like the giant slide and swings, the circus train and more all FREE!  Saturday there will be a S.T.E.M. Fair with lots of cool stuff to check out and Sunday enjoy the car show!  Shop from lots of great …

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The Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival

THE 3RD ANNUAL PNW BURLESQUE FESTIVALMay 3rd & 4th 2024 at the beautiful Kenneth J Minnaert Center at SPSCC in Olympia Friday May 3rd – Strip Like the Mountain is Out!Saturday May 4th – Best of PNW Burlesque Competition Completely Different Shows Each Night! Join us for a weekend of sinful opulence, satirical comedy, and …

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Valerie Veils

Strip Like the Mountain Is Out: the First-Ever PNW Burlesque Festival

Valerie Veils, the self-billed “Heroine of the Hoochi Coo,” has dazzled audiences up and down the Pacific Coast. Now she’s extended her talents to produce the first-ever Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival, a two-day, ecdysiastic extravaganza that’ll twirl its tassels at the Capitol Theater the first full weekend in May.

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